An organization that helps send students to college is at it again. The second annual United Negro College Fund is hosting the Mayor’s Masked Ball at the Hyatt Regency on March 14. The fundraising celebration promotes and helps students attend college.

Michael Clemons, a senior at at Dillard University, said he’s the first in his family to go to college.

[quote_box_center]”I’m fortunate for the UNCF and what it’s done for my family,” he said. “They look up to me now and this is new for all of us.[/quote_box_center]

Clemons received scholarships to go to college. Without the help, he would not be in school in New Orleans. Read more via WDSU